The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life.

PRESSFIELD, Steven [Matt Damon].

Item Number: 140693

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1995.

First edition of one of the greatest golf novels of the 20th century. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Michelle, You have my permission never to read this book (unless you really want to.) I’ll never forget our nights pedaling stationary bikes side by side in Wilmington. You were the only one skinnier than me. Your friend and lover forever, Steve 5/4/95.” Additionally signed by Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon on the front pastedown. Damon starred in the 2000 film adaptation. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Grider. Jacket illustration by Jerry LoFaro. A unique example.

Loosely based on the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita and set in the midst of the Great Depression, Pressfield's The Legend of Bagger Vance tells the story of a 36-hole showdown between Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, and a a troubled local war hero named R. Junuh with a mysterious mentor and caddie, Bagger Vance. The book was adapted into a film of the same name directed by Robert Redford, starring Will Smith, Matt Damon, and Charlize Theron.